PCC Motorsports
to Scale Back; Hughes Looking for '24 Opportunities
(October
2, 2023) Following a steady eleventh place performance
in Saturday night’s annual ‘Pittsburgher’ at
the sprawling Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Motor Speedway, PCC Motorsports
and driver Spencer Hughes have announced today that this season
will be their last year together. Citing a sharp rise in operating
expenses, owner Craig Sims has recently made the decision to scale
back his racing operation following the completion of the upcoming
‘Dirt Track World Championship.’ The Hope, Indiana-based
Super Late Model team still has two events left on their schedule
in 2023 - the ‘Coors Light Fall Classic’ at Whynot
Motorsports Park in Spencer’s hometown of Meridian, Mississippi
on October 13-14 and the aforementioned $100,000 to win DTWC at
Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio on October 20-21, which will
wrap up the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series slate of events.
(Heath Lawson Photo)
“First off, I think of Spencer (Hughes) as a son and all
of the guys that have worked on the car as part of our family,”
quoted Craig Sims today via telephone. “It all comes down
to the rising cost of our sport. It costs twice as much now as
it did when we started this team three-and-a-half years ago with
Hudson O’Neal driving the car. When it comes down to it,
it just doesn’t make any financial sense anymore. Hopefully,
everything works out for Spencer and he lands on his feet somewhere
that can help him keep progressing in this sport. I greatly appreciate
his dedication and talent behind the wheel, the hard work of each
of our crew guys that we had this year and in the past, and of
course all of our great sponsors. PCC Motorsports would definitely
not have been possible without each one of our valued sponsors
and our product supporters.”
Spencer piloted the #11 PCC Motorsports machine in seventy-six
(76) different events so far in 2023 and racked up eight (8) Top
Fives and twenty-nine (29) Top Tens throughout the year. In ultra-competitive
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series action, Spencer accumulated six
(6) top five efforts and twenty-two (22) top ten performances,
which currently puts him twelfth in the latest version of the
national series point standings. The Meridian, Mississippi hotshoe
has found victory lane twice in 2023 - both aboard different racecars
at Whynot Motorsports Park, as he won in an Open Wheel Modified
back on March 4 and in a 604 Crate Late Model on August 5.
“It’s disappointing, but when Craig (Sims) broke
down the numbers and showed me the budget - I don’t blame
him one bit,” said Hughes recently. “The costs have
just skyrocketed and we didn’t have the type of season that
we wanted to have, but that wasn’t from lack of effort I
can promise you that. There were a lot of late nights and sleepless
nights trying to put our heads together to find that extra speed,
but we just couldn’t hit on anything. I’ll always
think of Craig and Shannon (Sims) as family and can’t thank
them enough for allowing me to live out my dream of racing full-time
with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series the past two years!”
With the announcement today that he will be without a ride for
2024, Spencer Hughes will be returning back home to Mississippi
following the completion of the ‘Dirt Track World Championship’
and is looking to put a program together for next season. If you
are interested in supporting Spencer and his racing efforts in
any way, please don’t hesitate to call or text at 601-692-8778.
You can also email him at spencerhughesracing2911@gmail.com
or follow him across all social media platforms. His website -
located at www.SpencerHughesRacing.com - will be redesigned and
updated with any breaking news leading into the 2024 campaign!
Media Contact: Ryan Delph - Delph Communications
www.DelphCommunications.com
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